Volvarina agata

Volvarina agata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Volvarina agata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
Volvarina
Binomial name
Volvarina
(Laseron, 1957)
Synonyms[1]

Haloginella agata Laseron, 1957

This name is not an homonym of Volvarina agatha (Laseron 1957 as both species have a different holotype, located in the Australian Museum.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina agata (Laseron, 1957). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759400 on 2023-08-26
  • Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8 (3): 274–311.
  • Coovert, G.A. & Coovert, H.K. 1995. Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd.
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.


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